Pyrocumulus clouds from Boston Bar wildfire loom over B.C.
Loney says anything hot enough to produce strong convection currents will give rise to the clouds, which are produced by hot air rising quickly as the moisture condenses. He says an example would be opening your freezer door on a scorching hot summer day and the fog billows towards the ground. “Basic science tells you that heat rises in the atmosphere, and cold air will sink,” Loney says.
- ▪Loney says anything hot enough to produce strong convection currents will give rise to the clouds, which are produced by hot air rising quickly as the moisture condenses.
- ▪He says an example would be opening your freezer door on a scorching hot summer day and the fog billows towards the ground.
- ▪“Basic science tells you that heat rises in the atmosphere, and cold air will sink,” Loney says.
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Open this photo in gallery:Pyrocumulus clouds forming from wildfires in the area of Boston Bar, B.C., are shown in this handout photo posted on social media on Tuesday.Brad Atchison/via The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountPhotos of giant, cauliflower-like clouds are popping up on Vancouver-area social media feeds that experts say are pyrocumulus clouds produced by a wildfire more than 200 kilometres away.BC Wildfire Service said the Anderson Creek fire was discovered by aircraft responding to one of the other nearby fires on Tuesday and it quickly flared up, fanned by strong winds.
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